Looking for more Unix Linux

Christoph Georgi christoph.georgi at web.de
Tue Aug 16 15:58:33 UTC 2005


thanks Lee and Maxi.. i think i'm getting the idea ;)

christoph

Maximilian Gerlach wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 16.08.2005, 09:17 +0200 schrieb Christoph Georgi:
> 
>>might look like a stupid question, but i still didn't quite get what
>>exactly is the difference of unix operating systems and linux.. i got as
>>far as unix being a mere specification of an os, and i suppose that *bsd
>>fulfills the requirements of this specification, hence, unix-derivat,
>>but what then is linux?! a unix-clone...?(and what would that be?)
> 
> Linux is, just as the BSDs a "UNIX like Operating System". That means
> that it (more or less, but all in all it does) fulfill this
> specification but it didn't officially certify to it (because it costs
> very much).
> So Linux is essentially UNIX but isn't allowed to be called so because
> it didn't buy that certificate...
> 
> Maxi
> 
> 

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